Magazine-fed pencil



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ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 9, 192 6.

1,572,133 UNITED STATES PATENTIOFFICE.

v l d AMBROSE FLEMING, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

MAGAZINE-F D PENCIL. I

Application filed march 16, 1923. Serial No. 625,557.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, AMBROSE FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements in Magazine-Fed Pencils, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to improvements in that class of writing devices in which is included a pencil carrying end having the leads so contained and arranged whereby a new lead canbe readily fed into position and forced out of'the holder or casnally of the body.

My present invention is more especially designed for providing certain improved features to that type of pencil holder and lead containing and feeding means disclosed in my patent for pen and pencil holder, issued June 21, 1921, No. 1,382,071.

In my said application, the pencil holder includes a magazine adapted for containing the leads in such annular relation that the said leads are practically automatically and individually fed into position for being moved forward as they are used, by a suitable plunger device, finger operable from the outside of the'holder.

From practical experience with a lead pencil holder constructed along the lines shown in my aforesaid Letters Patent, I

. ing body by suitable means operable inter-" of the nest of leads to bring a new one of the leads in position for being fed out, or broken, by an improper or complete adjustment of the devices that provide for the dropping of a new lead into position for being received by the lead holder and for feeding out the said lead for desired pencil point.

Another feature of my present invention, is embodied in the manner in which the several parts are adapted for cooperative connection, designed for being relatively economically and expeditiously made in quantities and forv being readily assembled for use witliouttlieneed of specially skilled labor.

In its more complete nature, my present invention seeks to provide a simple, compact, easily assembled and positive coactiou of the-parts that constitute the pencil holder projecting the and certain details of construction and ar rangement of such parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view' of a. pencil in which is embodied my invention and,

which illustrates the manner in which it is manipulated for feeding the lead plunger or expelling element forward or backward, as desired.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the magazine end of my improved construction of writing device, taken substantially on the line 22 on Figure 3.

Figures 3 and 4 are cross sections taken on the lines 3 3 and l -4 on Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a side elevation, partly in longitudinal section, of the combined magazine or lead carrier and the lead ejector eontrolling casing hereinafter described.

Figure 6 is a planview of the shiftable closure or gate for regulating the drop of My present invention primarily seeks to "provide certain improvements to the lead holding and positioning devices shown in my other application mentioned, whereby a proper adjustment or setting of the parts must be effected before a new lead can be brought into place from the magazine position, for being engaged by the element that feeds the lead out, as it is-used up; or in other words, provision is made whereby it will be impossible to cause any movement ceiver and holder.

the leads'from the magazine into the lead receiver and holder.

Figure 7 is a planview of the lead re- Brieflystated my present invention comprises an outer casing or shell, one end of which may be, if desired, equipped with. a-

fountain pen, as shown in my patent aforesaid, while the other end is especially adapted to serve as a lead pencil, as is clearly indicatedin Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

- The lead pencil carrier, the pencil ejecting elements and the controllin means that oo- .pencil pointis projected and which, in my present form of pencil, constitutes the'turno erate with the said ejecting elements are s own in Figure 2as assembled and in their operative connection within-the casin and referring now more particularly to t e details of construction, 1 designates a casing, in practice similar in size to the conventional fountain pen casing and preferably made of like material.

At one end, the casing 1 is formed with an internal seatradapted for tightly receiving a bushing 2, which latter constitutes a bearing for an elongated sleeve that constitutes a part of the taper cap 3 through which the mg or adjusting member, since by rotating partition ribs 41 that the said member in one way or the other, the lead ejecting and the lead magazine posi: tionin" means are controlled, as will hereinafter. efully. explained;

4 designates a combined leads container or magazine and feed control for moving the pencil plunger or ejecting element 5', and, in ractice,'the said parts are as a single mem-- by a pin 9. The turned up end of the pencil ejecting element or plunger 5 asses radially through the elongated slot 82 in the rear tubular extension 83 of the said receiver or holder, as is clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 and as presently further explained.

The feed control is in the nature of a tube 6 which is of the same diameter as the tube 40, to one end of which it is fixedlyjoined by a washer which dividesthe leads magaz ne and the feed control and which also serves as a bearing and, stop device for the rotary gate or closure device 12 that holds the several leads in the magazine pocket and which is shown in detail in Figure 6.

The feed control tube 6 has an internal screw 61 of very slow. pitch that extends lengthwise thereof with which the upturned end 50 of the ejector'5 engages, the engagement thereof being such that, asthe tube 6, together with the tube 40 is turned in either direction, in the manner presently explained,

the ejector 5 is moved forwardly for feeding out the lead ahead of it, or for being returned to its rearmost position, when it is desired in a desired condition ready, at preto drop another lead into the receiver or holder, it being understood that as the tubes 40 and 6 are turned, rotation is imparted to the cut off or gate or closure device 12, the rotative movement of which, it should be here stated, is relatively very slow as compared with the rotation of the tubes-4 and 6, the reason for which will be presently fully explained. I

14 designates a sleeve that is tightly held within the casing 1 and which constitutes an inner bearing for the tubular member 6.

To prevent the closure device 12'from movin outwardly, in the'direction of its length, it lias a shouldered part 12 which engages the washer 60, as is clearly shown in Figurev 2, by reference to which and to Figures 4 and 5 it will be observed that the magazine tube 4'has diametrically oppositely disposed projecting nibs 44 thatfit into the elongated slots 31 in the sleeve 30 of the finger operated or turning cap 3, through which connec-, tion rotary movement isimparted to the tubular member 4, as the cap member turned, i

as indicated in Figure 1.

The slot 16 in the closure device 12, through which the member 50 of the lead ejector passes, extends in spirah direction the'full length of thetubular extension=12", so that a continued .feeding' of the ejector to the limit'of its movement, either forwardly or backwardly, effects only one-fourthof a revolutiori of the closure device, as is best understood by referring to Figure 4, from which it will also be seen that a relatively quick turn is always imparted to the sleeve 30, asthemember 3 is turned and the mag azine of leads are constantly turned so, that,- at practicallyall times, one of the lead car- ,ryingpockets is in radial positiogn above the lead receiver 8, theiratio of movement of the parts, as shown in the drawing, being such that during the feed of the ejector backward, its full limit, the magazine will have made many complete revolutions, thereby passing all of the lead holding pockets in line with the receiver 8 and since the closure or cut off device makes but a one-fourth of a revolution during'the complete backward or forward movement of'the ejector 5, it follows that when 'the'plunger or ejector 5 is fed back to the limit of itsmovement which is effected by a stop pin 17 a passage is provided for dropping the. uppermost one of the leads shown in Figure 4 into the receiver in proper'position for being fed out by the ejector 5- as reverse rotation is applied to the cap 3 and to insure a proper feed of the forward end of the lead, the re- From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it is believed that the complete construction, the manner of its use and the advantages of my present form of writing device will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which my invention irelates.

The construction of the parts is coinparatively simple and the several parts are adapted for being readily and economically manufactured and easily assembled for use.

In my present invention, the user must first bring the parts into a predetermined adjustment before it will be possible to feed another lead into the receiver in position for being engaged by the ejector element, which is done by simply tru'ning the cap in reverse direction until it stops, at which time the closure device will have completed its onefourth revolution and opened the passage way through which a lead may be dropped,

' its full length, into the receiver 8 and, after it has thus dropped into the receiver, it may be readily advanced through the cap end 3 to project the desired pencil point by forward or clockwise rotation of the cap lVhat I claim is: Y

1. In a writing device of the character described, a casing having a pencil point passage, a fixedly held pencil lead receiver from which the lead is passed through the point passage, a plunger cooperative with the said receivera magazine within the casing having a series of independent lead carrying pockets that surround the receiver and from which the leads are individually 'droped into the receiver, a closure device interposed between the receiver and the lead pockets having a passage through which a lead can pass from the pocket into the receiver and means for effecting rotation of the closure device for bringing its passage in register with the receiver and a selerted one of the lead holding pockets.

2. In a writing device of the character described, a casing having a. pencil point passage, a fixedly held pencil lead receiver.

from which the lead is passed through the point passage, a plunger cooperative with the said receiver, a magazine within the easing having a series of independent lead carrying pockets that surround the receiver and from which the leads are individually dropped into the receiver, a closure device interpofed between the receiver and-the lead: pockets having a passage through which a lead can pass from the pocket into the receiverand meansfor effecting rotation of the closuredevice for bringing its passage in Iegisterwith the receiverand a selected one of the lead holdingpockets, the said magazine being mounted to rotate around the receiver. 1 H c 8. In a'writing device of the character described, a casing having a pencil point passage, a fixedly held pencil lead receiver from which the lead is passed through the point passage, a plunger cooperative with the said receiver, a magazine within the casing having a series of independent lead carrying pockets that surround the receiver and from which the leads are individually dropped into the receiver, a closure device inter-' posed between the receiver and the lead pockets having a passage through which a lead can pass from the ocket into the receiver and means for e ecting rotation of the closure device for bringing its passage in register with the receiver and a selected one of the lead holding pockets, the said magazine being mounted to rotate around the receiver, and means operable externally of the casing for effectim rotation oi the magazine and the closure evice.

4. In a writing device-ofthe character described, a casing having apencil point passage, .afixedly held pencil lead receiver from which the lead is passed through the point passage, a plunger cooperative with the said receiver,a magazine within the casing having a series of independent lead-carrying pockets that surround the receiver and from which the leads are individually dropped into the receiver, a closure device interposed between the receiverand the. lead pockets .7

having a'passage' through which a lead can pass from the pocket into the receiver and means for effecting rotation of the closure device for bringing its passage in register with the receiver and a selected one of the lead holding pockets, the said magazine being mounted to rotate around the receiver,- and means operable externally of the eas- -,ing fpr effecting rotation of the magazine and the closure device, the said means including cooperating devices for simultaneously moving the plunger to the limit of its backward movement and impart a relatively slow rotative movement to the magazine and fast rota-tive movement to the closure device.

5. A multiple pencil lead holder-comprising a casing having a pencil point passage at its forward end, arelatively fixedly held pencil lead receiving tubeaxially located within and 'lengthwiseof the casing from which the pencil lead is passed througl'i the pencil point passage in the casing, a plunger operable in the lead receiving tube, a magazine having a series ofvlongitudinally 0X- tended radial pockets, each of which is adapted to receive a pencil lead and all of ,which center to drop theirleads'into the pencil receiver, a cut off interposed bet veen the magazine pockets and the pencil receiver adapted, when the lead plunger is returned to the limit of-its backward adjustment, to open a passage between one of the magazine pockets and the lead receiver, and means operableexternally oflthe casing for simultaneously imparting a; relatively slow ing a casing having a pencil pointassage at its forward end, a relatively fixed ly held pencil lead receiving tube axially located within and lengthwise of the casing from which the pencil lead is passed through the pencil point passage in the casing, a plunger operable in the lead receiving tube, a magazine having a series of longitudinally extended radial pockets,'each of which is adapted to receive a pencil lead and all of 40 operable in t slot witli which. the (plunger hea operable in the lead receiving tube, a maga-.

zine having a series of longitudinally extended radial pockets, each' of which is adapted to receive a pencil lead and all of which center to drop their leads into the pencil rece1ver,a cut oil interposed between the magazine pockets and the pencil receiver adapted, when the lead plunger, is returned to the limit of its backward adjustment, to open a passage between one of the magazine pockets and the lead receiver, and means operable externally of the casing for simultaneously impartingza relatively'slow rotation to the magazine and rapid rotation to the cut oil and move the plunger in the forward or backward direction, the said means including an internal screw feed, a screw engaging head on the plunger, and a tubular pxtension on the rotatable cut off that has a spirally directed slot with. which the plunger head engages, as it .is' fed forwardly or backwardly by the screw feed.

7. A multiple ncll'lead holder comprising a casing" having a pencil point passage .3 at its-forward end, a relatively fixedlyheld pencil lead receiving tube axially located within and-len hwise of the casing from which the p'enci lead is passed. through the pencil point a'ssage inthe casing, a plunger lie lead receiving tube, a magazine havin a series of longitudinally extended .ra ial pockets, each of which is adapted to receive a pencil lead and all of which center to drop their leads into the F 5 pencil receiver, a cut elf interposed between "themagazine pockets and the. pencil re eeiver, adapted, when the lead plunger is returned to the limit of its backward adjustment, to open a passage between one of the magazine pockets and the lead recelver,

and means operable externally .of the easing for simultaneously imparting a. relatively slow rotation to the magazine and rapi rotationto the cut ofi and move the r plunger in the forward or backward direetion, the said means including an in *ternal screw feed, a screw engaging head on the plunger, and a tubular extension on therotatable ,cut off that has a. 'spirall directed engages, as it is fed forwar y 'o'rbackwardly by the screw feed, 'and an externally operated device cooperative withthe"casing or imparting rotation to the screw feed. I '8. A'multiple pencil lead holder comprisprising a tube havin which center to drop their leads into the pencil receiver, a cut off interposed between the magazine pockets and the pencil receiver adapted, when the lead plunger is returned to the limit of its backward adjustment, to open a passage between one of the magazine pockets and the lead receiver, and means operable externally of the easing for simultaneously imparting a relatively slow rotation to the magazine and rapid rotation to the out 01f and move the plunger in the forward or backward direction, the said means including an 'internal screw feed, a screw-engaging head on the plunger, and a tubular extension on the rotatable cut off that has a spiral] directed slot with which the plan er hea engages, as it is' fed forwardly or ackwa'rdy by the screw .feed, and an internally o erated device cooperative with the casing or imparting'rotation to the screw feed, said device comprising the tapered head of the casing having the lead opening throu h which the lead point is pro ected and which includes a sleeve 'workable .within the casing and coupled with the screw feed, the latter coman internal screw ,way that is engaged by t e plun er head.

In a writing device 0 the character stated, the combination of a casing, a cap closin one end thereof, the said cap being rotata ly'mounted with respectto the casing and provided with a central pencil 'oint passage, 2. pencil lead receiver mounte ially'of and extended lengthwise of the cas ing, the said retainer includin a rearwardly. extended longitudinally s otted sleeve,

means for. fixedly attaching the end of the sleeve to the casing; a tubular member r0 tatable within the casin about the pencil lead receiver, the said tu ing aninterna'l screw feed in the-rear end ular member havthereof and a series of longitudinally ex-" tended and annularly disposed radial pockets that surround the pencil carrying portion of the receiver, a plunger cooperative with the receiver-for movement in the direction of the length of the receiver, 'the said plunger having an upturned member that engages the internal screw feed, a cloncil point receiver, the said closure device including a I longitudinally slotted front end'whose slot sure device rotatable around the is adapted, at times, to'open away from one of the lead magazine pockets, the full ntense length thereof, to the lead receiver and a, diagonally slotted rear end through which the screw engaging or projected end oi -the plunger engages and a connectionthat joins the tubularv member having the magazine.

and the screw feed with the cap rotatably mounted on the front'end of the casing.

10. In a magazine pencil, a casing, a lead receiver in the casing having a longitudinal lead receiving slot and having a tubular end through which the lead received is fed,'a lead ejector operating in said receiver, said casing enclosing a lead magazine chamber from which the leads drop intothe receiver, a rotar gate controllin passage of the leads V throng the receiving s ot into the receiver,

and means for operating said ejector and said gate.

11. In a magazine pencil, a casing,a lead receiver in the casing having a longitudinal lead receiving slot and having a tubular end through which the lead received is .fed, a

lead e ector operating in said receiver, said casing enclosing a lead magazine chamber receiver in the casing having a longitudinal lead receiving slot and having a tubular end through which the lead received is fed, a lead ejector operating in said receiver, said casing enclosing a lead magazine chamber from which the leads drop into the receiver, a rotary gate controlling passage of the leads through thereceiving slot into the receiver, means to hold said ejector against turning while allowing endwise movement thereof, a threaded barrel or tube to advance or I retract said ejector and a device swivelly mounted on the end of said casing for turning said barrel'or tube. u

AMBROSE FLEMING. 

